50 Tickets to Brooklyn: Boys #45

THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

• 800m – 1:59
• 1600m – 4:27
• 3200m – 9:28
• 5k (XC) – 15:57

• 2^nd Place – Northern Michigan (RIP to this meet)
• 5^th Place – Big North Conference
• 26^th Place – D1 State 3200m
• Big North Conference 800m & 1600m Champion
• Region 1 3200m Champion

Ratings Throughout the Years

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
10	Caleb Keller	15:59.9	Traverse City Central	193.0	MITCA	11-Nov	2023
10	Caleb Keller	16:15.9	Traverse City Central	189.0	Division 1 State	4-Nov	2023
10	Caleb Keller	16:11.9	Traverse City Central	189.0	Region 2	27-Oct	2023
10	Caleb Keller	16:19.8	Traverse City Central	191.7	Northern Michigan Championship	21-Oct	2023
10	Caleb Keller	16:15.0	Traverse City Central	188.0	BNC Championship	17-Oct	2023
10	Caleb Keller	16:16.6	Traverse City Central	191.5	Portage	7-Oct	2023
10	Caleb Keller	15:57.4	Traverse City Central	194.9	Bluejay	30-Sep	2023
10	Caleb Keller	16:18.3	Traverse City Central	190.9	Jackson	23-Sep	2023
10	Caleb Keller	16:28.8	Traverse City Central	187.4	Ottawa Hills	15-Sep	2023
10	Caleb Keller	16:26.0	Traverse City Central	189.3	Oiler	1-Sep	2023
10	Caleb Keller	16:42.6	Traverse City Central	191.8	Under the Lights	18-Aug	2023
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
9	Caleb Keller	17:33.2	Traverse City Central	164.9	Northern Michigan	22-Oct	2022
9	Caleb Keller	18:09.4	Traverse City Central	166.2	Big North Conference	18-Oct	2022
9	Caleb Keller	17:40.3	Traverse City Central	161.6	Bluejay	1-Oct	2022
9	Caleb Keller	18:03.1	Traverse City Central	161.6	Petoskey	24-Sep	2022
9	Caleb Keller	18:20.1	Traverse City Central	152.6	Ottawa Hills	16-Sep	2022
9	Caleb Keller	18:30.1	Traverse City Central	155.3	Oiler	2-Sep	2022

The Rundown

There’s a changing of the guard on the base of Old Mission Peninsula, the Bauers, Venhuizens, Truszkowskis, Seabases, Muhas of the world moving onto college running and life. Who’s ready to take their place, Caleb Keller.

Look at the stats and ratings and you’ll see a gulf between his freshman and sophomore times. Now I’m not there in the midst of the winter training, but I’ve gotta imagine that improvement came in the preparation for outdoor track. During Caleb’s freshman campaign, he notched times of 4:27 and 9:46, each ranking in the top-10 freshman times of 2023.

Although he doesn’t have the honors of some listed before (the negative of being an underclassman in D1), one must appreciate the consistent efforts. Almost every major race was completed in the low-16’s, with a few 15:xx breakthroughs in there as well. Now that he’s dropped his 3200m time from 9:46 to 9:28, setting a TCC 10^th grade record along the way, expect an even quicker steady performer at the forefront of races.